 But when they came to straights and interruptions, for want of gravity in the beasts, or too much in the riders, there happened some curvetting which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren,...  The Order of the Coif - Page 247by Alexander Pulling - 1884 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 482 pages
...disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid all along in the dirt ; but all at length arrived safe, without loss of life or limb in the service." J This whimsical fancy of setting grave judges on managed horses, with hazard both of damage and ridicule,... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...curvetting, which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dirt...like frolic for the future, and the very next term they fell to their coaches as before." If he would know in what dress the chancellor sat to administer... | |
 | Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...curvetting, which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dirt...like frolic for the future, and the very next term they fell to their coaches as before." If he would know in what dress the chancellor sat to administer... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1823 - 426 pages
...curvetting, which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dirt...like frolic for the future, and the very next term they fell to their coaches as before." If lie would know in what dress the chancellor sat to administer... | |
 | Law - 1825 - 312 pages
...curvetting, which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dirt. But all at length arrived safe, without the loss of life or LAWYERS. 99 limb in the service. This accident was enough to divert the like frolic... | |
 | Roger North - College teachers - 1826 - 592 pages
...curvetting, which made no small disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dirt....term after, they fell to their coaches as before." (Examen, p. 57-) increased : for either of these provinces brought too much upon the shoulders of any... | |
 | Joseph Parkes - Courts - 1828 - 670 pages
...curvetting, which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden, to Ms " great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid " along in the dirt...the very next term after, they fell to their coaches M " before."— p. 67. E e " Justice interlocutorily, upon the strength of abstract " reasoning only,... | |
 | 1829 - 538 pages
...curvetting, which made no little disorder. Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dirt. But all, at length, arrived safe, without the loss of life or limb in the service." Shaftesbury's judicial merits, however, strange to tell,... | |
 | Law - 1831 - 446 pages
...Judge Twisden, to his great affright, and the consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along iu the dirt : but all, at length, arrived safe without loss of life or limbs in the service. This accident was enough lo divert the like frolic for the future, and the very... | |
 | Literature - 1841 - 500 pages
...consternation of his grave brethren, was laid along in the dust. But all at length arrived safe, without the loss of life or limb in the service. This accident...to divert the like frolic for the future, and the ANNE OF AUSTRIA. Cardinal de Retz thus speaks of Anne of Austria:—"The Queen had more than any body... | |
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